Legal

U.S. DOJ Sues Visa, Alleging It Has An Illegal Monopoly

The Department of Justice has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, alleging that the financial services firm has an illegal monopoly over debit network markets and has attempted to unlawfully crush competitors, including fintech companies like PayPal and Square. The…

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JenThorpe
Information

Visa and Mastercard Suspend Their Operations in Russia

Both Visa and Mastercard announced that they were suspending their operations in Russia. They each made their own statements. Bloomberg reported that each company gets about 4% of its net revenue from business linked to Russia. Visa posted a statement…

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JenThorpe
Gaming
Are You Game? Rovio and Kaiku to Release Angry Birds Visa Cards

Are You Game? Rovio and Kaiku to Release Angry Birds Visa Cards

Rovio, the popular game-maker based in Finland, has produced some of the most popular mobile titles, including record-setting releases like the recent Bad Piggies, which shot to the number one position on the download charts at breakneck speed.  As if the mobile…

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Alan
Podcast
GNC-2011-03-17 #656 The Great Experiment Continues!

GNC-2011-03-17 #656 The Great Experiment Continues!

Your going to love this one, I get on the Soap Box and stay there for a good bit in the show today. Fools and their wasted money is the theme. Plus I place a wager on a specific companies…

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Todd Cochrane
Podcast